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[cfc1] 01/9/2017 09:01

fair comment Leeds....fact is they keep banging on about 27 countries...there is only Germany, france and Italy (if that) the rest ? What Latvia, Greece, Estonina, even Poland et al....really...wtf do WE need them for?
Do we now invade Europe? and take it back for ourselves?

[leedskier] 01/9/2017 08:59

I do not, nor have ever given a toss for the fortunes or misfortunes of the Europeans save to the extent that it impacted on the UK.

Freedom of movement and freedom of trade within the EU greatly helped the UK economy and standards of living.

Those too young to remember life in the 1950's, 1960's and 1970's will not know what real austerity is.

I believe that open access to Europe transformed the UK economy because the highly educated and business orientated Brits were able to take full advantage of the opportunities created by the single market, all the more so since the dominant language was not French or German but English.

I frankly do not care a fig if the those at the bottom of the pile in the UK were "left behind". The UK has had an under class since the industrial revolution more than two hundred years ago. Whether the UK remains or leaves the EU will not change their lot one bit. Equally it will not impact on those at the top of the pile either. However those in the middle may be worse off. Lower incomes (and higher taxes) if, as many believe growth fails to keep pace with inflation, will hurt.

[leedskier] 01/9/2017 08:32

Look there is a major difference between my deeply held view that the UK should have remained within the EU and used its power and influence to reform it, and having decided to leave and then finding itself being blackmailed, bullied and threatened by the French.


The French, for Christ's sake. Has anyone ever taken the French seriously?

[leedskier] 01/9/2017 08:29

From Churchill's speech in Canada on 30 December 1941.


On top of all this came the great French catastrophe. The French Army collapsed, and the French nation was dashed into utter and, as it has so far proved, irretrievable confusion. ..... But their generals misled them. When I warned them that Britain would fight on alone whatever they did, their generals told their Prime Minister and his divided Cabinet, “In three weeks England will have her neck wrung like a chicken.” Some chicken; some neck.

[cfc1] 01/9/2017 08:11

wow Leeds!! that's a different tone from you re Europeans or French. We've beaten them or defended them toooo many times In war. They should be forced to speak English and make a colony or just a large shire or England!

[maxk] 01/9/2017 08:10

Goodness, have you had a Damascene moment?

[leedskier] 01/9/2017 08:01

FTSE100 rising +0.22%.

[leedskier] 01/9/2017 07:47

David Davis is just wasting his time talking to the Europeans.

Time to stand firm.

[maxk] 31/8/2017 18:33

I thought it was Trafalgar.

[leedskier] 31/8/2017 18:22

Barnier is French. France has never forgiven Britain for sinking its Navy in 1940..

[maxk] 31/8/2017 18:13

No wonder Barnier looked like he had swallowed a goldfish at the press conference.

[maxk] 31/8/2017 18:09

Treesa was the same when she was doing the job, nothing stuck.



Still, she has pulled a rabbit out of the hat today:



Theresa May secures Japanese pledge on post-Brexit trade deal


Leaders announce in Tokyo that two countries will seek to instantly replace EU trade deal with a copycat deal for UK



Theresa May has secured a much hoped-for formal commitment from Japan that both countries will seek to instantly replace an EU-Japan trade deal with a facsimile equivalent for the UK when Brexit happens.

The agreement, won during intensive talks with her Japanese counterpart, Shinzō Abe, was announced at a joint press conference in Tokyo.

It commits both nations to treating as an “immediate priority” the signing of a long-discussed economic partnership agreement, or EPA, between Japan and the UK.

The joint statement says: “As the UK exits the EU we will work quickly to establish a new economic partnership between Japan and the UK based on the final terms of the EPA.”

May hopes such instant copycat deals – termed “cut-and-paste Brexit” by opponents – could be reached with other nations, creating continuity and confidence. They would officially be interim but could last some years before bespoke UK deals are reached.



More:

[leedskier] 31/8/2017 16:23

Amber Rudd is teflon coated.

Not satisfied with having threatened a British born, British National with deportation -- yet another "error" for which it has had to apologise, now they have gone and closed one of the most popular restaurants in London because some of the staff did not have the correct permits to work.

The Home Office would not be out of place in pre-world war 2 Germany, but seemingly none of this touches her personally.

One answer to all of this would be to require that these important decisions affecting the lives of British citizens should be signed off personally by an accountable junior minister.

[maxk] 31/8/2017 12:06

From what I've read about Hezza, he really thought it was his destiny to lead.

But the plebs wouldn't go for it....oiks, the lot of em.

[bonda67] 31/8/2017 11:52

Do you think that Heseltine is just bitter as he never made it to PM?

[leedskier] 31/8/2017 09:19

Friday 8 June 2001 10.18 BST First published on Friday 8 June 2001 10.18 BST
Peter Mandelson confounded his critics early today, telling them he was "a fighter not a quitter", as he romped back in Hartlepool with a commanding majority five months after being forced out of the government over the Hinduja passports affair.

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Thursday 31 August 2017 08.46 BST
Two former Tory cabinet ministers have cast doubt on Theresa May’s insistence that she can lead the Conservatives into the next election.

In a series of TV interviews during a visit to Japan the prime minister claimed she was “not a quitter”. Asked by both the BBC and Sky News whether she wanted to lead the Conservatives into another election, she said: “Yes,. I’m in this for the long term.”

[leedskier] 31/8/2017 08:26

FTSE 100 and FTSE 250 Quarterly Review – September 2017
Posted on 30 August 2017 by Almanacist
After market close on 30 August 2017 FTSE Russell confirmed the following changes to the FTSE 100 and FTSE 250 indices. The changes will be implemented at the close Friday, 15 September 2017 and take effect from the start of trading on Monday, 18 September 2017.

FTSE 100

Joining: NMC Health [NMC], Berkeley Group Holdings [BKG]

Leaving: Royal Mail [RMG], Provident Financial [PFG]

FTSE 250

Joining: Royal Mail [RMG], Provident Financial [PFG], Alfa Financial Software Holdings [ALFA], 888 Holdings [888], Sequoia Economic Infrastructure Income Fund [SEQ]

Leaving: NMC Health [NMC], Berkeley Group Holdings [BKG], Northgate [NTG], Petra Diamonds [PDL], Carillion [CLLN]



[leedskier] 31/8/2017 07:20

David Buik‏
@truemagic68

European opening calls update courtesy of CMC Markets - FTSE100 +13 at 7,378, DAX +33 at 12,035, CAC40 +19 at 5,075 at 6.04am

[leedskier] 30/8/2017 13:34

The USD$$$$$$$ flies.

[leedskier] 30/8/2017 13:33

US preliminary GDP estimate y/y is 3%!!!!!!!!!!

[gcom2] 30/8/2017 13:31

Last week was bad news week, this week it's all good

[leedskier] 30/8/2017 13:09

Investors calmer after Wall Street shrugs off missile launch; US growth and jobs data awaited
UK consumer credit slows but mortgage approvals rise
Eurozone confidence at ten year high
Moody’s raises growth forecasts for France, Germany and Italy